distresses

/D IH0 S T R EH1 S IH0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    (Cause of) discomfort.

  2. 2

    Serious danger.

  3. 3

    An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.

  4. 4

    A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.

  5. 5

    The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

Antonyms

eustress
verb
  1. 1

    To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

    syn:anguishharrowmartyrtantalisetantalizetorment
  2. 2

    To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.

    syn:distrain
  3. 3

    To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.

    “She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.”

    syn:ageantiquepatinate

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